CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-26963

Repeated calls to the history and location interfaces could have been used to hang the browser. This was addressed by introducing rate-limiting to these API calls. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83.

4.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

4.3 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-50/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1314912 Issue Tracking Permissions Required
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2020-12-09 01:15

Updated : 2020-12-10 05:27

NVD link : CVE-2020-26963

Mitre link : CVE-2020-26963

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo